Photo – RAAF KC-30 refuelling 3SQN Hornets

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  Michael

  says:

  June 27, 2014 at 5:43 pm

  Can’t wait to see a picture of it tanking up one of our C-17s!

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  Allan

  says:

  June 28, 2014 at 12:48 am

  I wish I was thirty years younger and able to get my hands on some of the new toys in the airforce fleet. Flying one of these babies would be awesome.

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  David

  says:

  June 30, 2014 at 4:30 pm

  Nice shot.

  Who would have thought that those of us n the RAAF in the 1980s, reading Aus Av and being told of imminent decisions in this area would have had to wait until 2013 to have real operational tankers (not just training B-707) and AWACS.

  A long wait but worth it, I would say…

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  Martin

  says:

  June 30, 2014 at 8:41 pm

  Mmmm, wonder how long one fuly loaded KC-30A could keep ten F/A-18A’s in the air.

  While at it, I wonder how such a capability stacks up, in terms of value for money, against investment on a modest number of F35B’s deployed from the LHDs…

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  Eamon Hamilton

  says:

  July 1, 2014 at 8:21 am

  @David – The B707 was conceivably a training capability, but don’t forget, it was operationally deployed twice (1998 to Kuwait and 2002 to Kyrgyzstan).

  @Martin – a KC-30A can remain 1800km from its home base with 50 tonnes of fuel available to offload for up to four hours. As for how that stacks up against an LHD carrying F-35Bs, I’ll leave that decision for men with egg on their hats.

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  Zac johnson

  says:

  July 4, 2014 at 10:57 am

  Saw it fly over my school and house and also saw it on flight radar 24.

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  GeorgeB

  says:

  July 5, 2014 at 6:58 pm

  It’s a pity the F-111 never had the chance to plug into the flying boom. Problem with the KC-30 is that we don’t have enough of them.

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